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Show 1901.] BIRDS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 71 83. CHRYSOPHLEGMA MALACCENSE (Lath.). Picus malaccensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 241 (1790). Callolophus malaccensis, Oates, op. cit. ii. p. 147. Chrysophlegma malaccense, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 442; Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit, Mus. xviii. p. 122 (1890). a. 8 . Aring, Kelantan. 30th Aug., 1899. b. 2 • Khota Bharu, Kelantan. 4th Oct., 1899. Bill black above, pale below; feet dirty green. 84. CHRYSOPHLEGMA WRAYI Sharpe. Chrysophlegma wrayi, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 279 ; Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. xviii. p. 130 (1890). a. 3 . Gunong Inas (4000 ft.), Perak. 16th Dec, 1899. Bill slate-colour ; feet black ; iris red-brown. This specimen, which is, so far as I am aware, the first male known, is somewhat larger than the type ; its dimensions being: head and body 180 mm., tail 126, wing 150, tarsus 25. It differs from the female in the malar stripe being light buff instead of chestnut, and is still further distinguished in having the chin (which in the males of C. styani and C. ricketti is dark) of the same colour, viz. light buff, separated from the malar stripe by a narrow line of dark brown. The crown of the head is more rufous than in the female and the bill lighter, being bluish slate in colour; the quills and tail are black, not dark brown. With regard to C. fiavinucha, apart from size (for C. wrayi is considerably smaller) it differs in the presence of the brown band separating the buff malar stripe from the buff of the chin. The colour of the nape, which is of a golden yellow in C. wrayi, is of a deep orange in C. fiavinucha, and the buff of the throat in the last named is also of a much deeper tint. As regards the primaries, taking the outer web of the 2nd primary for comparison, we find that in C. ricketti there are six complete chestnut bars, in C. styani five, in C. pierri from Cochin China four, and in C. ivrayi and C. fiavinucha three ; in all cases there is in addition a small incomplete bar or dot at the distal end. In regard to the size of these species, C. ricketti is the largest, then come C pierri and C. fiavinucha in order, and lastly C. styani and C. ivrayi, which are about equal, but it is noticeable that C. styani has the largest bill of any. 85. MIGLYPTES GRAMMITHORAX (Malh.). Phaiopicus grammithorax, Malh. Picidse, ii. p. 12, pi. xlviii. figs. 4 & 5 (1862). Miglyptes grammithorax (Malh.), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 443 ; Hargitt, Cat. Bds. Brit, Mus. xviii. p. 385 (1890). a. 2 - Ulu Aring, Kelantan. Sept. 1899. 86. MIGLYPTES TUKKI (Less.). Picus tukki, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 167. |